Wild Birds of Europe

[RichardB]

The light or the boat

The fog!

 

[pcs]

The fog!

Was going to ask how the fishing was in Middle Earth

 

[RichardB]

Was going to ask how the fishing was in Middle Earth

Well, the fishing was fine. Just all those damn hobbits!

 

[Jack Dawe]

Great Northern Diver (Common Loon)

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

Great Northern Diver (Common Loon)
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Nice! Was this in open sea, Jack?

 

[pcs]

Curlew and Shelduck along the Oosterschelde shoreline:

 

[Jan1977]

A bluethroat from earlier this year, also I nice example how background can give a different feel to an image:

 

[Jan1977]

And a kestrel from a recent outing:

 

[Jack Dawe]

A bluethroat from earlier this year, also I nice example how background can give a different feel to an image:
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Lovely birds. Wish they bred in Britain. (They occasionally hold territory, but mostly they are just passage migrants.)

 

[Jack Dawe]

Nice! Was this in open sea, Jack?

Not quite. It was in a large harbour which was created by building a half-mile long breakwater. I was on top of the breakwater.